Horizontal gene transfer, genome innovation and evolution
J. Peter Gogarten, Jeffrey P. Townsend
SUMMARY: To what extent is the tree of life the best representation of the evolutionary history of microorganisms? Recent work has shown that, among sets
CONTEXT: ...in cellular evolution, that is, the mitochondria and plastids, are the result of endosymbiosis. Throughout the decades, MUTUALISM and RETICULATION have often been...
Nature Reviews Microbiology 3, 679-687 (01 Sep 2005) Review
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